Asuncion; fair intercity microwave net; 78,300 telephones; broadcast stations - 29 ports Merchant marine: 565 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,080,149 GRT/32,334,270 DWT; includes 8 cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 32 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 5 bulk, 2 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 1 oil tanker, 2 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT Airports: total: 138 usable: 124 with permanent-surface runways: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 Telecommunications: broadcast stations - 6 AM, 5 FM, 1 TV; 2 coaxial submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 14 domestic *Zaire, Defense Forces Branches: Djibouti National Army of South Africa Prince Patrick Island Canada Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*, Independence: 1 January 1962 Legal system: wide legislative and executive responsibility under
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